[{"n": "William George Beers", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/william-george-beers/", "s": "Dentist who codified modern lacrosse and founded Canada's first dental journal."}, {"n": "Barney McCallum", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/bill-bell-pickleball/", "s": "Co-inventor of pickleball and designer of the M2 paddle."}, {"n": "Nico Broekhuysen", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/nico-broekhuysen/", "s": "Dutch teacher who invented the mixed-gender sport of korfball."}, {"n": "Duncan Campbell (inventor)", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/duncan-campbell-inventor/", "s": "Canadian co-inventor of murderball, later wheelchair rugby."}, {"n": "Eddie Cochems", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/eddie-cochems/", "s": "Pioneer of the forward pass in college football."}, {"n": "Oscar Eckenstein", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/oscar-eckenstein/", "s": "English climber who invented the modern crampon and pioneered bouldering."}, {"n": "Julius Goldman", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/julius-goldman/", "s": "Multi-sport athlete and coach who modernized basketball rules."}, {"n": "Ned Haig", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/ned-haig/", "s": "Butcher and rugby player who invented rugby sevens."}, {"n": "Gunnar Ljungström", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/gunnar-ljungstr-m/", "s": "Swedish engineer who pioneered SAAB's early automotive and aerodynamic design."}, {"n": "Van Phillips (inventor)", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/van-phillips-inventor/", "s": "American inventor of the Flex-Foot prosthetic limb."}, {"n": "Dick Pope Sr.", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/dick-pope-sr/", "s": "Founder of Cypress Gardens and promoter of Florida tourism."}, {"n": "Joel Pritchard", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/joel-pritchard/", "s": "Republican politician and co-inventor of pickleball."}, {"n": "Bradbury Robinson", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/bradbury-robinson/", "s": "Threw the first legal forward pass in American football."}, {"n": "Ralph Samuelson", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/ralph-samuelson/", "s": "Inventor of water skiing, first performed in 1922."}, {"n": "Larry Stevenson", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/larry-stevenson/", "s": "Inventor of the kicktail, which revolutionized skateboarding."}, {"n": "Fred Waller", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/fred-waller/", "s": "American inventor and film pioneer who created Cinerama."}, {"n": "William Wilson (aquatics)", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/william-wilson-aquatics/", "s": "British journalist who originated water polo and advanced swimming technique."}, {"n": "Olav Zipser", "u": "/e/sports-inventors-and-innovators/olav-zipser/", "s": "German skydiver who pioneered the sport of freeflying."}]